Rustie - Dreamzz

Name: Rustie - Dreamzz
Uploaded: 2011-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released September 5, 2011 on Warp Records as an exclusive B-side to the Ultra Thizz 12" vinyl — a limited pre-album single ahead of Glass Swords (October 2011). 'Dreamzz' sits at the epicentre of a pivotal moment in UK electronic music: the convergence of post-dubstep maximalism, Glasgow's aquacrunk scene (Rustie, Hudson Mohawke,…

2011 · UK Bass / Maximalist Electronic Emergence (2011) · music video

2011UK Bass / Maximalist Electronic Emergence (2011)UK Bass / Wonky / Aquacrunk — Glasgow Numbers collective scene, 2009–2012

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Released September 5, 2011 on Warp Records as an exclusive B-side to the Ultra Thizz 12" vinyl — a limited pre-album single ahead of Glass Swords (October 2011). 'Dreamzz' sits at the epicentre of a pivotal moment in UK electronic music: the convergence of post-dubstep maximalism, Glasgow's aquacrunk scene (Rustie, Hudson Mohawke, Numbers collective), and the early precursors of hyperpop's digital hyper-colour…

Why it matters

Documents the Ultra Thizz / Glass Swords campaign at the historical apex of UK bass maximalism and the aquacrunk subgenre. Rustie's approach — fusing trance arpeggios, 16-bit video game sonics, grime, Detroit techno, and hyphy hip-hop — is now retrospectively identified as an early structural…

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